This is the announcement of the opening of the comment
period against the IEEE P802.3ba Task Force Draft 1.1. The P802.3ba/D1.1 draft
includes the following clauses and annexes:

Clause 1

Clause 4

Clause 30

Clause 45

Clause 69

Clause 73

Clause 74

Clause 80 – 88 (new for P802.3ba 40Gb/s
and 100Gb/s Ethernet)

Annex A

Annex 4A

Annex 30A

Annex 30B

Annex 69A

Annex 69B

Annex 83A (new for P802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s
Ethernet)

Please note that Draft 1.1 is open to comment, but change
bars have been used to reflect changes made based on comments received against
Draft 1.0. The agenda for the January meeting will be resolution of comments
received against D1.1 and work towards a complete draft with no open technical
issues, which is a requirement for going to working group ballot. Therefore,
all participants reviewing Draft 1.1 need to focus on helping to identify and
resolve any open technical issues.

The draft is posted for your review for commenting purposes
only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or
redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights. The draft may be
downloaded at:

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